Aubrey Plaza absolutely killed it as the host of the Spirit Awards last night, but that’s what we expect from her after her first time hosting last year. The show opened with a pretaped segment of Aubrey doing an excellent Renee Zellweger as Judy Davis. She also played Willem Dafoe’s character in The Lighthouse against an amazing Michael Sheen as Robert Pattinson in another segment. (The Lighthouse won best cinematography, here’s a link to the nominees and winners.) Aubrey’s opening number and monologue is below. She sang, danced a little, talked about the diversity of the Spirit Awards vs. the other awards, and made a cute joke about how she and Jennifer Lopez are “super hot Puerto Ricans.” It was highly entertaining and I would say that the Spirit Awards are the most watchable of any awards show. They ended in 2.5 hours and they air at a super early time, from 5 to 7:30 EST. If only that were the airtime for most shows.
Here’s Aubrey’s opening number.
Aubrey was in a red and black Alexander McQueen suit on the carpet. This is so striking! Check out the red piping along the pants. Also I loved her in the new Child’s Play that movie was way better than I expected.
Greta Gerwig was there are Noah Baumbach’s plus one. As he said when his bummer film Marriage Story won Best Screenplay (it also got the Robert Altman award), Greta’s movie, Little Women, was too expensive to get nominated for a spirit award. I did not like Marriage Story at all and am baffled as to why it’s being nominated for everything. Little Women was decent but it took about 45 minutes to make me interested, which is way too long. The timeline was so wacky, as is Greta’s Prada “patchwork poplin shirtdress.” I’m putting that in quotes as it’s how Prada described it in a promotional email. This mixes pinstripes with equally bad floral and black patterns along with pleats and ruching. Who could even come up with this dress?
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre is the director of The Mustang, which was nominated for best first feature. That category went to Booksmart. She got the much better Prada dress. This flowy floral gown is so pretty and perfect for the Spirit Awards. The hanging bunches of tulips at the shoulders are a little dippy, but I’ve never seen that detail on a dress before and they’re just in one place. Someone restrained themselves.
Photos credit: Avalon.red and Getty
Greta’s dress looks like something you find at a discount store. They always have the details only on the front to make the clothes cheaper. It’s fine for cheaper clothing, but it’s not exactly a high-end look. I expect better considering how expensive Prada is.
No to Aubrey’s singing and to songs like that. PLEASE! Enough.
And Greta needs to wear things that don’t add volume so that she looks so much bigger than him. He’s very attractive, so is she, but balance him better, GG.
Everyone except Greta looks awesome. Love the red top and black pants, so simple yet so stylish and with the red lipstick. Nicely done.
Laure looked fresh and the makeup and hair went so well with the overall look. Well done again.
Greta holy sh*t that’s awful. The other 2 look great. That flowery dress is pretty and Aubrey should wear red all the time.
I can nearly stand to look at it. The fashion — based on these few posts — was mostly cringeworthy.
I think you mean Renee Zellwegger as Judy Garland.
And honest mistake. Judy Davis was much better playing Ms Garland than was Ms Zellwegger who will no doubt take home an Oscar tonight.
Judy Davis was sublime. I haven’t seen this movie but the clips I see, Zellweger doesn’t achieve Davis’s level.
On one hand, I really admire people who take fashion chances. The Celine Dion backwards tuxedo was ridiculed at the time and now it’s called “iconic.” I love almost every weird thing Tilda Swinton has worn to a big event. I even liked Goop’s saggy boobs McQueen dominatrix Heidi get-up because it was so non-princessy.
But….oh Greta. Nobody is going to call this iconic in 20 years.
It DOES look super comfortable though! And it’s not as if she’s paying for it if Prada is sending out emails about it.
Prada made that thing? Yikes.
It’s so actively horrible, like someone lost a bet. Imagine it with a gently scooped neckline and no blue/white striped fabric. I’m not saying that I’d buy or wear it, but it wouldn’t be hideous.
I love Aubrey Plaza.
I don’t know why but I can’t stomach her. There’s something about her that’s unsettling. I also feel like she’s a try-hard.
I can’t stand her either. I think it’s the bratty, eye rolling, spoiled teenager persona she seems to carry into everything. My husband loved her on Parks and Rec but even he is now like “Does she have to play the same character every time there’s a camera on her?”
I love her too!
I love Aubrey! She looks gorgeous and what a great bit. She stayed away from politics which I love. I get so sick of doom and gloom, I need a break from real life.
Well, we have Trump in the WH w/an epidemic on the way, so when he ignores it to go to rallies, good luck taking a “break.”
So Aubrey borrowed Billy Crystal’s Oscar’s opening bit. It worked for Billy, so why not Aubrey?
#1 Girl Crush. God, I love her.
Aubrey is the freaking best. Love her so much.
Aubrey looked gorgeous!
I imagine she’s great as a host for this event, but I can’t imagine it would translate well to other things.
She always unattractive clothes! Aubrey looks gorgeous and so does Laure.
I loved Marriage Story and I hoped that it would win best picture. I also Judy with Renee Z and the one that Judy Davis did. I feel Judy Davis is one of those actress that whenever she is on screen you can’t stop watching her! Just like Meryl Streep.